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Professional Azure SQL Managed Database Administration - Third Edition
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Professional Azure SQL Managed Database Administration - Third Edition

by Ahmad Osama, Shashikant Shakya
March 2021
Intermediate to advanced
724 pages
13h 53m
English
Packt Publishing
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2. Service tiers

Azure provides multiple service (performance) tiers for Azure SQL Database and SQL Managed Instance. There are two purchasing options, the Database Transaction Unit (DTU) model and the vCore model. Each purchasing option has multiple service tiers. The purchasing option and service tier define the performance and cost of an SQL managed database. In this chapter, we'll look at the different purchasing options and service tiers and learn how to choose an appropriate starting performance tier when migrating to an SQL managed database.

We will learn about:

  • DTUs and the vCore purchasing model
  • Different service tier options for SQL Database and SQL Managed Instance
  • Using Data Migration Assistant (DMA) to get service tier recommendations ...
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ISBN: 9781801076524